GDC Fails PSA Check Again
The GDC itself has a regulator, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) who in their own words “protect the public by overseeing the regulation and registration of healthcare professionals".
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The Government has now responded to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into NHS dentistry, held in the summer. According to the UK Parliament website the Government has accepted the “majority of MP’s recommendations on NHS dentistry”.
The former practice manager of a dental practice in Ormskirk, Lancashire, has been jailed for six years and nine months at Preston Crown Court after she was found guilty of stealing over a quarter of a million pounds from her employer, Mansion House Dental Practice.
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Their website may be down, the ‘smile shops’ shuttered, and the barrage of marketing emails has finally stopped, but the SmileDirectClub (SDC) story may just be starting. None of this comes as a surprise to many in the profession. There had been repeated warnings, and concerns had been raised with the regulators. How then, affected members of the public may ask, did things get to this stage? In a post on GDPUK, BDA Chair Eddie Crouch sheds some light on how SDC were able to keep their flawed business going.
Along with the boxes of chocolates and biscuits from appreciative patients, it’s that time of year when NHS England send out their tokens of appreciation to the teams delivering dental care across the nation.
They came, they disrupted, they went under.
GDPUK view: The regulators had a massive fail on this business, they are there to protect the public and they have not done so. The regulators bully and pressure the High Street dentist, but GDC and CQC did not apply any standards to the hefty American outfit with litigious lawyers. This was clearly the practise of dentistry.
Two simple aspects: Every patient should have a named professional responsible for their care. Plus in the event of closure for any reason, the practice must ensure there is ongoing care in place. This issue has yet to hit the High Street.